Oh how SHOCKING! We have just confirmed, via video, that crazy things have been coming out of Todd Akin’s mouth for many years now. For example, did you know that Todd Akin’s daughter writes science fiction stories about a dystopian future wherein child care is widely available and administered with efficiency, and that Todd Akin has cited these stories on the House floor to support his arguments against stem cell research? He is against stem cell research because a pregnant woman is like an air conditioner that runs on food instead of electricity, wherein resides a person like your Wonkette (if you are lucky) or Todd Akin (if you are not lucky).
My own daughter wrote a little story—I will read it—about step three. “I live with 40 others in a compound, supervised by cool, efficient orderlies. Instead of playing, I stood pondering a troubling dream from the night before. It was of a loving father, giving his child a name. I’ve always been just 5-25-61-B….
Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me.”
Fascinating stuff. Also, it will not surprise you to learn that Todd Akin is VERY CONCERNED about the horrors of abortion clinics, wherein pit-dwelling “medical” providers use anesthesia recreationally in unsanitary conditions and give abortions to women who are not actually pregnant for purposes related to tax evasion.
“You find that along with the culture of death go all kinds of other law-breaking: Not following good sanitary procedure, giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, cheating on taxes, all these kinds of things.”
“All of these things are common practice,” Akin continued, “but all of that information is available for America.”
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And, he concluded by saying "death to whitey".
They give abortions to women who aren't actually pregnant? Then maybe that means that, despite being a man, I will be able to achieve my dream of getting an abortion too!
Come on down to the abortionplex! They're offering a BOGO deal today.
Will there be wine?
No, but there will likely be a lot of bitching.
I see what you did there!
Oh, ya! A nice Spanish red goes well with the fetus pate.
The mnemonic is "Rioja with embryo-ja"
Awesome! Then we can have an abortion party for the mens!
Say, maybe we can turn it into another night away from the girls, like poker night!
"I see your twins and raise you my triplets"
Is that anything like BYOF?
That would be a gay abortion, wouldn't it?
Downright festive.
As a man, you don't even have to pay!
Wait. I thought it was Ladies Night at the 'Plex?
Title IX requires them to offer equal opportunity.
Finally a world where recreational abortions are available to everyone.
BRING A FRIEND!!!!
Sorosbot: I want to have babies.
Misstaken: You want to have babies?!
Sorosbot: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.
Misstaken: But…you can't have babies!
Sorosbot: Don't you oppress me!
Misstaken: I'm not oppressing you, Soros. You haven't got a womb. Where is the foetus going to gestate? Are you going to keep it in a box?
Well, the bathtub is for sleeping and the toilet is for brewing gin, but I imagine that MissTaken can find, like, a yogurt maker or something.
In that case, I'm bringing my label maker – no wacky mistakes here please!
"Are you going to keep it in a box? "
I see what you did there …
"giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, "
Um … whaaa?
You know — fake abortions, to fraudulently collect all those Federal dollars that are … oh, wait.
I want to engrave the Hyde Amendment on a slab of granite and smack people over the head with it when they bitch about their federal tax dollars paying for abortions.
Sounds like something that ought to be wrapped with a nice card, doesn't it? Here, I have a special gift for you.
Do you ever go to the dentist to get your teeth cleaned, to prevent cavities? (Of course not. Who can afford such things?) This is the same thing, but with vaginas, I guess.
"It was of a loving father, giving his child a name."
Strange that the hypothetical mother is absent from this insane scenario. It's almost as if Akin is a woman-hating fuckhead.
His wife wishes she could retroactively annul their marriage by never having sex.
Supposedly, Akin's wife "is the real conservative" of the two of them. Unfortunately, they are keeping her locked in a closet with a rag stuffed in her mouth so she doesn't give any interviews.
Almost.
Todd Akin’s daughter writes science fiction stories about a dystopian future
Poor "Science" and "Fiction" are lookin a little edgy and anxious as they are plied in the hands of freeps who possess scant true understanding of either one.
Ever since L. Ron Hubbard got rich doing it, wingnut sci-fi has been a cottage industry for thousands of hack writers. With very few exceptions, they all suck.
Joe Smith and Elron are old hat. We needs us a brand new religion based on the fizzics as understood by the Krell. Could be a hot seller.
That is not writing, that is typing.
Fiction just needs to point to the places on the doll where the freeptards touched it.
If we're diligent, we can intervene before things get any worse. Poor Irony, however, will likely never be the same.
I summered at the Abortionplex this year and I wasn't even pregnant.
Those unpaid internships are helpful in fleshing out an otherwise blank resumé.
Those Groupon deals are pretty good, aren't they?
A Republican is whining about tax evasion?
That would be like the NRA whining about the BATFE not taking enough guns off the streets.
Oh.
But if it is NOT a legitimate abortion, the female body has a way of shutting that thing down.
Akin seems to be shutting his whole thing down quite nicely. Keep talking, Todd!
I remember Jan and Dean singing about shutting his buddy down.
…and the RNC will continue to support his sorry ass, because it's Missouri and he still has a shot at this.
As a Missouri resident and native, the fact this race is even close makes me haz a sad …
Akin, how is that imaginary embryo pondering anything when it, you know, doesn't have a brain and can't think?
You could ask the same thing about Akin.
Imaginary embryos have imaginary brains. Duh!
"5-25-61-B…."
I prefer 36-28-36, but I'm an ass man, so …
Oh.
See, I thought she was calling a slant pattern to the tight end as the hot receiver against the nickel package, but what do I know?
Drink!Hike!*Hic!*
I thought it was a unlock code to the combination lock on her chastity belt.
That is filthy!! Children could be reading!!
Actually, the slot receiver would be the hot read, after being motioned to the side free of the extra DB, and the slot would run a quick out while the TE tries to block the blitzing LB.
Of course, I'm a Chiefs fan, so the QB would just wind up throwing a pick 6 anyway.
Missouri
In the future, we'll all be rocking some serious pear shape. I blame the lack of stable father figures.
Geez, jeans are hard to find now!!
Only if she's five-two! Liddle in the middle but she's got much back.
I actually goofed the middle number (tried it from memory), but still glad someone got the reference.
+1 for you!
My teenagers were very surprised when they realized I knew the words to that song. I think it's because I bought the sound track to the Charlie's Angels movie.
I also do Eminem.
The dystopian world I'm worried about is one run by Republicans.
Yeah, Akin (like Santorum) has made it very clear that he wants to make The Handmaid's Tale reality.
He seems convinced we're going to abort our way to Children of Men.
Or A Boy and His Dog.
Someone needs to ask him HOW you give an abortion to a woman who isn't pregnant. Get her up in the stirrups, insert a speculum, then pretend that you're really busy down there for a while?
Its nothing, its just like a transvaginal ultrasound against the woman's will.
If that is the criteria, I was married to a super gyno doc once.
I haven't administered an oral abortion in some time now…
Super Gyno? Faster than a speeding………..ah, I got nothin'.
Well, in AZ women get pregnant 2 weeks before they are actually pregnant. You do the math.
I got two abortions yesterday. They let me take them home. They're in the fridge right now.
I really hate leftovers.
Todd Akin is a drooling, misogynistic, shit-stain but all that information is available for America.
And he'll probably win.
Sigh. I wish they would keep their crazy uncles at home.
*Tebows*
Nate still favors Claire, 70-30, but that's a lot closer than I'm comfortable with.
Don't believe Akin kids. Here at the Abortionplex, we would never perform unnecessary abortions. And for Columbus Day weekend only, get three abortions for the price of two. That's right, three for two. Get 'em before they're gone!
That's a good deal. I guess I can save my coupon for the next time?
You know, women just are too dumb to know if we actually ARE pregnant and people can trick us in to having unnecessary treatments JUST as often as people cheat on their taxes. There's that whole show, "I Had No Idea I Wasn't Pregnant." on TLC
Get the hell out of here with this, I got an unnecessary abortion scheduled after my tennis match.
Good luck on your abortion after tennis. I dare you to sign in at the super gyno doc's office as "FakaktaSouth" and "Fetus Gerulaitis." The people there have a really great sense of humor and they will love you, as do we all.
You are so right. I have gotten to where I am very good at remembering to take my pill before sex and have the abortion after tennis, right before carpool, it just makes the day FLY BY!
Hey whats the problem with a pre-emptive abortion? Are you supposed to wait for that little freeloader to start squatting in your uterus before you take action? Do you want the warning to be the mushroom cloud of pregnancy? Stand Your Womb is what it is!
Relevant
Fetus Geruliaitis plays doubles with John Embryo.
I thought women were good at multi-tasking. Can't you play tennis and get your unnecessary abortion too?
You might serve the fetus by mistake.
Happens all the time trying to prepare Thanksgiving Dinner for 18.
I find a casserole helps extend the meat dishes.
"Thanksgiving Dinner for 18"
I aplaud this new child naming trend. It is the future.
We don't call it abortion anymore, it's now Retroactive Fetal Adjustment.
Fetal Rightsizing!
Have fun, unnecessary abortions are the best, especially when you're not even pregnant!
One must keep in practice!
NOTHING is better than not even being pregnant. Nothing.
Belt and suspenders, thats the surest way to keep your pants up, wear a belt and suspenders. It should work with this pregnancy (shudder) thing too.
See, there's the problem. I don't wear pants – hardly never. I am a fucking lady, I wear tennis skirts (they may as well be) and well, you know, we gals have no control over such things, not even knowing you're doing it, much less getting knocked up is so confusing, and oh my, here things go again. But as God is my witness I will NEVER be pregnant again, not even pre-emptively. (shakes fist for real)
"I had no idea I was a boo-boo."
They're performing abortions on people who aren't pregnant is the new "This food sucks… and the portions are so small!"
"All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me."
So, we're all like Sea Monkeys, or Chia Pets?
I have filed a class action against those sea-monkey people. They ain't no fucking monkeys at all!
I think Lionel Hutz hangs around here, he can probably hook you up.
Or you could hook up with Lionel Twain.
Preemptive Abortion is the New Bush Doctrine
We must close the Embryo Gap!
Look, I'm doing the best I can but there's only so much one man can do, no matter how many chicks he bangs in a night.
You are doing America a great service. Keep up the mediocre work!
I deserve a meh!-dal.
OT: Aw, fuck! I hate when I get manic. It means I'm going to get depressed in a day or so….
Zygote libel!
Like Dr. Hack-in-a-bush?
giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, cheating on taxes
So, did Miff's tax cheating cause the abortion that is his campaign?
Hmmm, Kind of like giving a lobotomy to someone who (Todd) does not have a (Akin) brain?
Not sure why this reminds me that I want to shop for a chainsaw this weekend. Gas or electric?
“I live with 40 others in a compound, supervised by cool, efficient orderlies. Instead of playing, I stood pondering a troubling dream from the night before. It was of a loving father, giving his child a name. I’ve always been just 5-25-61-B…
I hear when Mitt Romney read this, he wept tears of joy.
Actually, it was just servo oil oozing out of his eyes, but you get the drift.
Missouri Republican, he probably wants a little unnecessary abortion action himself, up the rectum.
Todd Akin has definitely earned his Rick Santorum seal of approval.
Ima get a copy of her book- sounds way better than "Dune".
Doctors providing abortions to women who aren't pregnant?
That's nothing, Missourians vote for Senators who aren't very bright.
They did even vote for one who was dead. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/…
So you're telling me the dead can run for office but can't vote?! Freedom my ass.
To be fair, look at his opponent.
This guy really needs to get laid.
Or gelded (with votes).
Too much of his DNA polluting the gene pool already.
"…giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant…"
Duodenums are people too!
Well, that explains why every girl in my high school senior class got an abortion.
Every girl? I thought they had to try out for the high school Abortion Team.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Sounds like Todd's daughter got her hands on a copy of Brave New World!
I'm surprised that book is part of a home-scholing curriculum, what with all the encouragement of recreational sex and soma consumption.
And, worse still, contraception.
Your move, Missouri.
“You find that along with the culture of death go all kinds of other law-breaking: Not following good sanitary procedure…
I certainly know this happened before Roe v Wade…
Please, we can't let facts intrude on right-wing fantasy-land!
No, they didn't start putting those "Employees must wash hands before returning to work" signs up until the mid or late 70s, I think.
The most shocking part of this story is that Akin allowed his daughter to learn to read and write.
I think they call that "poetic license".
Unnecessary abortions are all the rage. I schedule mine between my mani and my pedi.
I kinda think anything about Todd Akin should have that pic of the Branch Davidian Compound.
I'm gonna gingerly point out that that picture records the probable instant of the deaths of at least several children. If rapiness is to be avoided perhaps so should ironic use of ghastly human atrocities.
Point well taken.
It is a dubious plot of the democrats to make sure they run against douche bags whose douche-baggery cannot be doubted.
I really do understand this. Even before my daughter was born we scheduled a series of future unnecessary abortions for her. It was a lot like those college plans were you begin paying for it at birth. It worked out well for us, not to be hit with those costs (adjusted for inflation) when she reached abortion age.
I always carry my lucky zygote with me. For warding off Republicans.
This man is a horror movie all by himself.
I'm aching
From too much Akin
I hope to hell he will lose.
But Missouri is Right–
Some just aren't too bright–
He could be the one they choose.
I'm aching
From too much Akin.
He should dry up and blow away.
The damage he's done
No longer is fun:
Crawl back under your rock, Todd, and stay.
"giving abortions to women that are not pregnant"
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS???
The practice of butt-chugging wine has already spread to Missouri…
Hey, we all know people* who vacuum their living room when it's perfectly clean already. It's like that.
* cough Mrs. deanbooth cough
What about Love, Mr. Akin? Does an embryo not need love to flourish? Does it not need the immaculate power of Christ?
"I’ve always been just 5-25-61-B…."
I'm not a number, I'm a free man!!!
See, there's the problem: the character is a woman, so she isn't entitled to be a free man.
Oddly enough, those number names remind me more of the transhumanist Fereidoun M. Esfandiary, aka FM-2030.
Those fetus killing monsters won't stop even when there AREN'T ANY FETUSES TO KILL!!1!
Um, what the fuck is he even talking about?
Memo to C-SPAN: "Todd Akin explains embryos" is pushing the meaning of "explain."
Legal Question:
If a doctor gives an abortion to a woman who isn't pregnant but whose non-pregnacy is in its third non-trimester, is that a crime of attempted abortion under Missouri law?
There you go again, getting all pre-natal on us.
Todd saves his fingernail clippings to turn them into little fetii. Someone somewhere told him about that one time.
I hear his first act as a senator would be to introduce a ban on circumcision. Really. I heard about it somewhere on the internet.
"a pregnant woman is like an air conditioner that runs on food instead of electricity, wherein resides a person like your Wonkette (if you are lucky)"
Wonkette is people, my friends!
I guess those CSPAN videos must come from that NSN place too, crippling my browser and giving me speeds approaching those of dial-up. With a rotary phone.
♫ Gonna surf the web like it's
Nineteen Ninety Nine ♪
That "culture of death" sounds pretty cool. I've seen pictures of their parades. And with candy skulls for the kids you forgot to abort, it's fun for the whole family.
See: Under the Volcano
So….Todd Akin is fundamentally unAmerican….? Liberty and "not being forced" and all?…everything about this election cycle and Republicans is classic Rovian Bizarro Land…If I say you do it, that means I do it….
That's the part of the modern GOP I still can't understand. For a party that's all about "freedom," they sure seem hellbent on inspecting your uterus and then some.
A sitting member of Congress quotes his daughter's fanfic and reads it into the congressional record where it will be stored in perpetuity.
This might be one reason Congress has a low approval rating.
What fresh hell is this?
Hey, Obama campaign, guess who is buddy, buddy, likeminded intellectually, with this ass clown?
Unsanitary conditions.
Unlike the perfectly sterilized coat hangers that would be used if Tood Akin got his way.
Akin's comment makes about as much sense as not buying a house next to a cemetery because of the fear of being one of the first houses hit when the Zombies attack. Oh Wait. Never mind. That's totally rational.
Isn't a vasectomy kinda like a pre-emptive abortion? And given the numbers involved, its damn close to genocide!
How long does a sperm even last just sitting around in a man's body? If we go down that road, a dude will commit crimes against humanity by NOT impregnating every woman he encounters.
Crazy misogynist is misogynist who is also crazy.
Also, ahead in the last two polls listed on 538. WTF, Missouri? Seriously, what the fuck?
Srsly, who are these people?
As a CPA who spent extensive time preparing both business and individual income tax returns, I can truthfully say those who most often were trying to cheat on their taxes were republican. Most likely because they had figured out how to make more at the expense of the people who work for a living.
I think that if you perform an "abortion" on a woman who is not actually pregnant, it's called a D & C, meaning 'dilation and curretage', of the uterus, typically to remove residual endometrium due to some pathological condition, or maybe to obtain tissue for histological examination, for diagnostic purposes. At least I think so.
Do you think he cares about even half of those big, scary-sounding medical words you used?
Maybe he thinks doctors give women fun drugs with their abortions so someone's trying to work an angle there. Good luck with that one, asshat.
At least not legitimately pregnant…
Oh, I know! You can save a woman 5 days of menstruation with a simple 10-minute vacuuming procedure! Who knows if she's pregnant or not; that's not the point! I'll bet this is all the rage among Missouri college girls.
I've always just been THX 1138.
Or was it CT-782, or Duncan Idaho?
Bye, Baby Banting, soon you'll need decanting…
"culture of death" == spittle flecked anti-abortion single issue certifiable head case
To quote GLF's deceased father, "Son, ain't no percentage in arguing with a head case. It's kind of like trying to teach a pig to sing. It just wastes your time and annoys the pig."
thinks "peer reviewed" sounds suspicious – possibly elitist. Cites daughter instead.
Fuck you, Todd Akin.
Asshole managed to abort his own Senate campaign at the point of viability.
Because abortions are – sexy time? Does this guy tie his own shoes?
Funny, Congress' health insurance does not include mental health coverage.
Today's to-do list:
1. Take dog to vet
2. Do grocery shopping
3. Get empty uterus scraped and vacuumed just for the hell of it
Seriously, though, how are Congresspeople not thrown off of the floor for citing SCIENCE FUCKING FICTION written by their own children as a part of their protests against SERIOUSLY FUCKING HEALTHCARE ISSUES?
M'kay. How do you remove a fetus when there is no fetus? That's like amputating a limb from a quadriplegic or removing a vagina from a man. They really need to quit running subhumans for Congress.
wherein pit-dwelling “medical” providers use anesthesia recreationally in unsanitary conditions and give abortions to women
Almost 200 comments and no one's said Cider House Rules Libel?!!?? (If they have, I missed it, but I'm not firing on all cylinders today.)
I went to one of those abortion parties in Newport once and let a doctor who didn't wash his hands do a body shot off my inner thigh, which may or may not have been pregnant at the time. We huffed carpet cleaner and danced to "funk" music and someone in the corner was making an airplane out of a 1040EZ. That's all I remember.
"The right to liberty is to be able to follow your own conscience without being terrorized by some opponent"
~Todd Akin on cognitive dissonance
Actually, this is not out of the realm of possibility. I have and still practice what Todd would probably consider Abortions on myself at least twice weekly. 'Course I perform them at home, usually, smothering the little bastards in a kleenex.
I say, what what, jolly good that.
Hmm, maybe belt and suspenders isn't the best metaphor then. Techno Destructo?
That's ridiculously good.
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